01:830:310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Hypotonia, Hematology, Mirror Neuron

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: 01:830:310
• Professor: Professor Mayhew

Document Summary

Developing milestones allows doctors to check that a baby is developing normally for their age group. What category of developmental delays are noticed after. Infancy: responsiveness to people, low muscle tone, stiffness, feeding problems. A non progressive brain disorder affecting automatic postural control and movement. Acquired before birth, during birth, or slightly after birth. Can be caused by lack of oxygen, intracranial hemorrhage, meningitis, chronic alcohol abuse, genetic factors, etc. Individual can have normal intelligence, which is masked by significant motor deficits. Developmental disability is a broader term, physical and/or cognitive. It includes but is not limited to severe disabilities attributable to mental retardation, autism, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, spina bifida and other neurological impairments where the above criteria are met. Dd is an umbrella term that includes id. Down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of intellectual disability. It results from an extra chromosome 21 (trisomy 21) is the genetic cause of down"s syndrome.